Workday Integration Lead

About the role

Serve as the client-facing Integration Lead for a Workday ERP implementation supporting the transition from PeopleSoft to Workday. Lead the integration workstream, including discovery, planning, design, development, testing, deployment, and issue resolution. Serve as the primary point of contact for the client and project leadership on integration activities, priorities, risks, and dependencies. Lead and provide technical direction to integration developers while remaining hands-on in integration design, development, testing, and troubleshooting. Facilitate client integration discovery and design sessions and translate business and technical requirements into scalable Workday integration solutions. Ensure integration deliverables meet established timelines, quality standards, and project requirements. Manage integration scope and client expectations throughout the implementation. Collaborate with client stakeholders, functional leads, technical teams, third-party vendors, and the system integrator to successfully deliver shared objectives. Identify and escalate risks and issues in a timely manner and develop alternative technical or functional approaches when necessary. Review integration designs and deliverables to ensure consistency, quality, security, and alignment with established standards. Identify opportunities to improve integration methods, processes, and reusable solutions based on project experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the integration workstream, including discovery, planning, design, development, testing, deployment, and issue resolution.
• Facilitate client integration discovery and design sessions and translate business and technical requirements into scalable Workday integration solutions.
• Ensure integration deliverables meet established timelines, quality standards, and project requirements.
• Manage integration scope and client expectations throughout the implementation.
• Collaborate with client stakeholders, functional leads, technical teams, third-party vendors, and the system integrator to successfully deliver shared objectives.
• Identify and escalate risks and issues in a timely manner and develop alternative technical or functional approaches when necessary.
• Review integration designs and deliverables to ensure consistency, quality, security, and alignment with established standards.
• Identify opportunities to improve integration methods, processes, and reusable solutions based on project experience.

Requirements

• 8+ years of integration consulting or implementation experience, most recently as an Integration Lead or similar capacity.
• Demonstrated experience leading the integration workstream for a Workday implementation.
• Hands-on experience with Workday integration technologies, including EIB, Workday Studio, Core Connectors, and Cloud Connect.
• Experience leading and providing technical direction to integration developers.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project scope, timelines, risks, dependencies, and client expectations.
• Strong client-facing skills with the ability to lead discovery sessions, communicate technical concepts clearly, and build trust with project stakeholders.
• Demonstrated follow-through on assignments, deliverables, and issue resolution.
• Able to produce high-quality deliverables requiring limited refinement or oversight.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday integration certification.
• Experience supporting Workday HCM and Financials implementations.
• Experience supporting a PeopleSoft-to-Workday transformation.